World Happenings Briefly Told
Reunion of Toronto survivors of the Northwest rebellion in 1885 planned for July 26. Lord Edward Montagu, a young British nobleman seeking adventure, reportedly plans to join the Spanish Foreign Legion. Quebecs 10,000,000 plan to promote colonization gains third reading by 41-8. Amendments to the British Columbia Hours of Work Act for a 44 hour week are defeated. Former Premier Eleutherios Venizelos forecasts monarchy restoration under Greece. Montreal restaurateur J E Pageot fights a bandit with soda bottles, routing him. Sax of Caledonia, a great Dane, to guard the Dionne quintuplets hospital in Callander, Ont. Distillation of fuel alcohol from surplus low grade potatoes will be studied. Soviet authorities announce arrest of 1,074 aristocrats. some to be tried for activities against the state, others exiled east.
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Toronto
Edward Montagu
Spanish Foreign Legion
Quebec
British Columbia
Eleutherios Venizelos
J. E. Pageot
Montreal
Pageot
Sax
Calidania
York Mills
Dionne Quintup- Jets
Callander
Ont
George Hyslop
Edmonton District Market Gardeners’ Association
Soviet Union
Drive on law violators yields 1219 arrests nationwide
United States treasury law enforcement agencies reported 1,219 arrests in a coast-to-coast drive against law violators. Narcotic peddlers and addicts, smugglers, counterfeiters, liquor tax evaders, and other treasury enforcement offenders were rounded up across the country.
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United States
United States Treasury
Treasury
Uncle and nephew pun on fool and money idiom
A short joke about Uncle John leaving Tommy a pound note with the warning that a fool and his money are soon parted. Tommy retorts that he appreciates the parting anyway. A separate fact notes that blood makes up about one thirteenth of body weight.
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John
Tommy
Petroleum Distillation Reveals Fractions and Uses
The text outlines the stages of crude oil distillation from heat to separate products. Gases such as methane and ethane are driven off for fuel and carbon-black. naphthas of pentane and hexane serve as solvents. kerosene provides motor fuel and illumination. lubricating oils, paraffin, and a tar-like residue yield asphalt and porous coke.
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Indies
Galicia
Ville
Pennsylvania
Lessons From Mistakes Teach Real Value In Experience
A quote set discusses learning from errors and gaining wisdom. It contrasts fools who stumble with angels fearing to tread, arguing mistakes spur growth. It cites Blake about persistence turning folly into wisdom and urges embracing missteps over false modesty.
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Blake
O. T. Miller
Sugar waste sparks Aberdeen stir in tea cups
It is estimated hundreds of tons of sugar are wasted annually in the bottom of teacups. This terrible disclosure will cause a big stir in Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen
Canadian miner outlines cooperative approach to labor rights
Selwyn Gwillym Blaylock, vice president and GM of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., Trail B C, tells 300 Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy members to study the cooperative committee system his firm uses instead of trade unionism. He argues government labor laws or state control are inadequate for preserving social and industrial fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selwyn Gwillym Blaylock
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co
Trail
B.C
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Neighborly Aid Contrasts With Public Relief
A Fort William Times Journal reflection argues that informal neighborly acts like sharing bread or tending the sick show genuine human responsibility. It warns that overreliance on formal relief could erode humanity if neighbors no longer care for each other during crises.
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Fort William
Just A Myth About Sharks and Man Eating Myths
Dr Clinton L Baker of Southwestern University Memphis asserts sharks are not man eaters and will not attack unless cornered or first attacked. He compares their behavior to lions and calls man eating sharks a myth. In Canada hogs graded totaled 473011 in early 1935 vs 517324 in the same period of 1994. New Zealand led 1934 UK butter imports, overtaking Denmark as top exporter.
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Clinton L. Baker
Southwestern University
Memphis
Tennessee
Institute urges amicable industry worker co operation
The institute stressed amicable arrangements between employers and employees to stabilize industry and commerce. Mr Blaylock closed the Winnipeg meeting and received a platinum medal for outstanding contribution to the mineral industry. He argued that brains of artisans rival those of oversea workers and called for cooperative committees to pool old class divisions and improve life and progress in Trail BC.
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Institute
Blaylock
Winnipeg
Handwriting analysis advice on marriage and work ethics
A Grapho-Analyst advises a letter writer on marital strain caused by unemployment. He contrasts the couple's handwriting to claim the wife is self centered while the husband is steady and capable, urges sympathy and practical work, and promotes a Graphochart for readers to learn character from handwriting.
Missing Letters Policy At Winnipeg Union Office
The Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermot Avenue notes that correspondence is epersonal and will be answered as quickly as possible. It asks readers to allow two weeks for a reply due to the large volume of mail.
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Ewspaper Union
McDermot
Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Tally Sticks and London Docks Fire Lesson
Strokes on paper at London Docks replace tallies on sticks for cargo counts. A gate equals five packages. a historic fire linked to burning wooden tallies in Parliament. The author notes the system's persistence a century later.
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London Docks
London
House of Parliament
House of Lords
Caribou Herds Provide Meat for Northern Camps
C H Punch Dickins reports record caribou herds in the Great Bear Lake district, midway between Fort Rae and Cameron Bay, supplying fresh meat for mining camps. He notes ongoing camp activity, low unemployment in Cameron Bay, and rising activity in the Athabaska Lake gold area as mining work continues.
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Great Bear Lake
Fort Rae
Cameron Bay
C. H. “Punch” Dickins
Canadian Airways, Limited
Eamonton
Athabaska Lake
Dickins
Fateful Farm Duel Ends With Cat and Snake Dead
A large cat and a six foot snake fought on a Leeton New South Wales farm during a four minute duel. The cat attacked with claws and fangs, the snake pressed until it died. The cat staggered off then collapsed and died moments later. Free entry for Canadian poultry and dairy goods to the United Kingdom until November 1939.
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Leeton
New South Wales
Canada
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Plane Tested Over Pacific From Oakland in New Mono Lane
A swift new government mono lane with an improved radio compass flew twice over the Pacific from Oakland California. Officials from the Department of Commerce said the equipment could become a keystone of an air navigation system over water.
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Pacific Ocean
Oakland
Cal
US. Department of Commerce
Pneumatic Railcar Quietly Traverses London Line
Land's Pneumatic Railcar on the London Midland and Scottish line nears success in reducing railway noise. The Coventry Pneumatic Railcar runs on pneumatic tires over 16 wheels, barely audible except for wind rush and a faint engine hum. It aims to provide a light economical unit for branch and intermediate services on busy routes.
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Land
Euston Station
London
Coventry
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
New Style Torpedo Invention Of Hallam Scientists
Italian scientists have created a torpedo that leaves a track and uses ammonia gas as motive power, dissolving instantly in water. Unlike present torpedoes driven by compressed air, this design provides no warning track and reduces the victim’s chance to evade.
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Hallam
Theneum
Travel chief forecasts banner tourist year for Canada
D. Leo Dolan, director of the Canadian Travel Bureau in Ottawa, told the Advertising Club of Montreal that 1985 would be a banner tourist year with spending near the 1929 peak of 300 million dollars. He said the tourist dollar is the healthiest money the dominion could receive, boosting employment and distributing farm and stream products.
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Travel Bureau
D. Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Ottawa
Advertising Club
Montreal
Dominion
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All Good Drug Stores
Iogiahremsa
Eeneen Sea
Gordon F. Guest
New Zealand
Denmark
S. J. Blaylock
Tait McKenzie
Royal Mint
Lawrence Hibbert
Grapho- Analyst
AB Rights Reserve
Dau
Pain” Liniment
Crown Brand
Canada Starch .O
Limit
Cat
Snake
Penistent
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